Please make sure that you have properly set up your Stryd with your Apple Watch.

An open run is a run that is not a power-based structured workout. This would be any run that is not associated with a Stryd Training Plan or a Stryd Workout.

While the Apple Watch is recording, pull down on the first screen to access the in-run options. Here you can pause and end your run.

You can program the Action Button on the Apple Watch Pro. Now the Action button can be used to open the Stryd app, Lap an activity, and in combination with the side button, pause a workout.

On version 7.3.2 or earlier, you will need to long press the screen of the Apple Watch Stryd App for the Run Control Screen to appear to end or pause the run. Once you long-press the screen, you will be presented with options on how to end or pause the run.

Users can adjust the Speech cues, Sounds, and Haptics Settings during a run with the Stryd app for Apple Watch. The Water Lock function can also be adjusted in these settings.

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These settings will save for the current run only and will default back to your original settings after the run has finished.

With the Apple Watch Open Run mode, you can now set a power target or a power range for the entire run. With this new release, you will be able to effortlessly run with the precision guidance you need to hit your perfect power target for any run with the help of alerts and a new visual gauge to keep you in your target zone.

This feature is only available in the Apple Watch Stryd app and only for Open Run Mode. These new features will not be available during a Structured Power-Based Workout.

There are two different Power Ranges to choose from.

Target Type Target will be focused around a single power Target with a tolerance that you can set. This tolerance will be plus or minus (+/-) the Watts that you input. This means that if you set your Target to 200 W and a tolerance of 15 W, your watch will alert you if your power exceeds 215 W or decreases past 185 W.

The Target Type Range will allow you to set a range for your run. You can customize the lower and upper Watts for this range. This means you can set a lower and upper limit and your watch will alert you if your Watts strays out of these bounds.

This feature is perfect for any Open Run where you need to manage your effort. You can not use these features with a Power-Based Structured Workout. They can only be used for the Open Run Mode.

Some runners may use this feature for easy runs. If you find yourself running too fast on an easy day, this feature can help you run at a steady recovery effort.

Some runners may use this feature for tempo runs. If you have a hard run scheduled and want to make sure you don't slow down, the feature will help you run at the same tempo effort.

Stryd's Environmental Adjusted Power will be helpful if you need to race or train in locations that have very different environmental conditions compared to your last 90 days of training.

Add Environmental Adjusted Power to the workout screen

Add Environmental Adjusted Power, temperature, or humidity to your workout screens

Custom screens can be extremely useful for Open Runs as well as Structured Workouts.

Below are the explanations of the information you will see on the home screen of the Stryd app for Apple Watch.

When you open the Stryd app you will be shown five different run profiles: Run, Trail Run, Treadmill Run, Indoor Run, and Track Run.

Each profile has certain customizations that you can add. These customizations can be made by selecting the three horizontal dots in the upper right-hand corner of the profile.

The customizations you can choose from are: Alert Metrics, Upper Alerts, Lower Alerts, Tones and Haptics, Speech Cues, GPS, and Auto-Pause.

This option will be useful for any Apple Watch that is not supported by the new Stryd app. If your Apple Watch is compatible with the current Stryd App Build, do not use the Legacy app.

If you have a Stryd Power-Based Workout on your calendar for today, that workout will be the first thing you see when you select the run mode you wish to use. You can select this workout whenever you are ready to begin the training session.

After selecting the run mode you wish to use, you will have the option to "Start Open Run". This is how you can start a free run in the Stryd Apple Watch app.

Before you start an Open Run, you will be able to select the Run Profile that fits your needs. The current Run Profile options are Run, Treadmill Run, Trail Run, Track Run, and Indoor Run.

The settings folder is where you can find important information about the app, as well as access customization settings for the app.

Here you can customize screens that you would like to see while running.

You can have as many as 7 metrics displayed on one screen and as little as one metric displayed on one screen. You can also add as many custom screens as you need.

To delete a screen, just press on the screen and push it to the left. A red "X" will appear to the right of the screen. If you select this red "X" button the screen will delete.

At the bottom of this screen, you will have the ability to turn on and off the Music Screen option. If the music screen is turned on, it will always be available as the last screen while you are running. The reason this button is necessary is that you can not navigate to Spotify or Apple Music while you are using the Stryd app. The Stryd app can not be used in the background. Using the Stryd app in the background will cause the run to stop recording.

The Calibration feature can be used to calibrate your Stryd pod if there is a discrepancy between the pod's distance recording and a known distance. If you think your Stryd pod needs calibration, please review this document: Distance and Calibration

The Side Buttons can be customized to function as either a pause button or a lap button. You can also turn this feature off. If you press both the crown and back buttons on the Apple Watch at the same time, it becomes the "Side Buttons".

Here you can turn on and off the Auto-Lap feature. You will want to turn this feature off if you plan on doing any Stryd Power-Based Workouts. The Auto-Lap will corrupt the data in a Stryd Power-Based Workout.

If it is snowing, raining, or very humid outside, it may be a good idea to turn this feature on. This will prevent water or a wet sleeve from unintentionally pausing or stopping your workout or open run.

These options let you customize how information is presented to you during a Workout.

This will give you information about your Account, Stryd Info, App Info, and the ability to Log Out of your Stryd app on your Apple Watch.

This will give you information about the last 90 days of training. Specifically, you will be shown the Temperature, Humidity, and Elevation at which you have been running.

Here is where you can test your Haptics. These are the unique sounds you can test: notification, directionUp, directionDown, success, failure, retry, start, stop, and click.

Here you can check the Files to Upload and Emulate a Crash. You will not need to select either of these options unless told to do so by a Stryd Customer Support Specialist.

To exit the Stryd App Settings, please select "< Settings" in the top left corner of the app. This will bring you back to the Home screen of the Stryd app for Apple Watch.

When using the Stryd App on your Apple Watch to record your runs, data will transfer to the Apple Health app automatically. However, Apple Health does not use the pace and distance data as recorded by Stryd but relies on its own internal data (i.e. most likely distance data recorded by GPS). Therefore, the data shown in Apple's Fitness app will be different than what is shown in the Stryd app and 3rd party platforms like Strava, TrainingPeaks, etc.

The additional Stryd metrics such as Vertical Oscillation (VO) and Ground Contact Time (GCT) will not appear in Apple Health post-run.

If you are recording a workout through the Stryd app, other functions on the Apple Watch may be limited.

The Stryd app will allow for most background apps and processes to run while the Stryd app is visible on-screen. Bluetooth connectivity and data reporting from your Stryd foot pod will be paused if you navigate away from the Stryd app during an actively recording run. This is a requirement of Apple’s Watch OS.

The Stryd app will not be compatible if primarily running in the background with another app on-screen. Some examples of processes that will not interact well with Stryd's workout recording are other real-time activity tracker apps attempting to provide running metrics about your current workout-- such as heart rate, elevation gain, or GPS location on topographical maps.

If you experience any issues and need to force close the app, you can do so by following these steps: